Pitman.



a. B. SMITH.

PITMAN rum-non FILED r2344, 1010.

I Patented 00th 25, 1910.

\ (Mau UNITED STA'lililS PrglENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. SUITE, LOS- cams, car-mourn, mama: ONE-HALF ro enon cn H ES S, OF OOALINQA, CAI-1103mnmm.

Specification airmen rial-t. t t p t, 19

Application filed r n in- 14, 1910. Serial no. 54am.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of'Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pitman, of which the following is a specification.

It'is the object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of itman, and While the improvements are irected chiefly to pitman construction, it will be understood from the description which is to follow and from an inspection of the accompanying drawings that the improvements may be directed e ually well to other .machine elements-of li e nature.

111 well drilling machines, the pit-man which is interposed between the driving crank and the walking beam must be disconnected' fromrth crank many times in one day, and the; present invention aims to so construct a pitman of this type that it may I be readily connected to 'and disconnected constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. .2 is an edge view thereof Iillustrating only the lower portion. Fig. 3

is a vertical transversesectional view taken on a vertical plane through the bearing for the crank pin. Fig. 4 is a detail view in side elevation of a. portion of the itman, the parts being shown in the pos tion which they assume when the pitman is connected 'to the crank pin. Fig. 5 is a similar view but illustrating the parts in the position assumed when disconnected ,from the crank pin, and Fig. 6 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on a )lane directly above the bearing for the cran pin. r

As illustrated in the drawings, the pitman embodies, in the structure of its lower end portion which is tube connected with the crank pin, a yoke 10 between-the upper ends of the arms of which is received the lower endof a rod portion 11, the upper'end'of which (not shown) is to be connected to one end of the walking beam,heretofore mentioned or put under like machine elements to be driven from the crank pin. The arms of the yoke 10 are braced and held in proper s aced relation, at their intermediate por-= tions, by suitable truss braces 12 which need a not be specifically described as they vform no part of the present invention. I It will be bserved from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings that the lower portion-of the yoke 10 is formed with an integral web, indicated by the numeral 13, and formed with a bearing concavity 14 which is substantially semi-cylindrical and is designed to partly receive the crank'pin with which the pitman is to be connected. This bearing concavity 14 constitutes the bottom wall of a recess,-the side walls of which are indicated by the numeral 15 and are located in )arallel planes and in these side walls are orn1cd guide grooves 16y A bearingblock 17 is disposed between the side walls 15 and has ribs 18 fitting slidably in the block v spect to the bearing concavity 14, and inasmuch as the under side 0 the block is formed with a bearing concavit 19,, also se1ni-cylindrical, when the block .18 lowered, this concavity will register with the conwill be afforded for the crank pin. The crank pin is indicated in the drawings b the numeral. 20 and is formed with a threa rooves 16, it being understood that the may be adjusted up or down with recavity in the web and a cylindrical bearing ed stud )ortion 21 by means of whiclrzit I may be xed upon the ofdinar crank. disk and the pin is further iorme with a circumscribing groove 22 located near ltS outer end. The block 17 is formed upon its upper face with u standing oppositely located overhanging shaft 24 journaled in spacedwbars 25 nextending between the arms of the yoke, 1s animcentric '26 formed with lateral'ifiange's 27 ugs 23 and secured uponwawhich engage beneath the overhanging'portions of the lugs 23. A crank handle.28;-;is

also fixed upon the shaft-241mm it .wil lube observed from inspection of.-:E1g t.-!-: l.i of the drawings that whenthe crankhflnfil le is swung down to about the: position shown in Fig. 4, the eccentric will force down or lower the hearing block 17 and that on the, other hand, when the said crank handle is swung up to about the position shown in .Fig. 5, the eccentric will lift the block 17. It will further be understood that when the block is in the position shown in Fig. 4, a proper bearing is afforded the crank pin, but that when the block is in about the position shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the

crankpin may be disengaged from the pitman, or vice-verso. Inasmuch as throughout one half of each cycle of movement 'of the vcrank pin, the same will bear upwardly against the block 17, it is expedient that some means be provided for securely holding the crank handle 28 against movement I to the position to lift the said block, and this means is embodied in a rack bar 29 which at its upper end is rigidly secured, as at 30, to one arm of the yoke 10 and at its 'lower end carries a lateral stud 31 rojecting through a slot,32 formed in tie said arm, the said bar being formed in its outer edge with notches 33 1n which a tooth 3 upon the crank handle is engageable interchangeably.=- By securing the. bar rigidly at -its 11 per end, but leavin its lower end free -for' imited movement, the bar will possess a degree of'resiliency which will readily permit of movement of the tooth 3% over its notched edge, and it iseven preferable that the lug 31 project l'w' \'ull l the arm through which the slot- 32 is formed so that it may be ma-nuallvengagcd and moved in a direction away from the crank handle 28 whereby to release the same when it isdesired to swing the crank handle upwardly.

The block 17, as will be presently described, carries means for enga ement 1n the grooves 22 for the purpose 0 holding the pitman aigainst becoming accidentally disengaged am the, crank pin, and this means in the present instance is: so constructed that an accurate adjustment of the pit-man upon the crank pin when connected"therewithfis not essential, is embodied in-a plate 35, the lower edge of ...which' is'semi circular and concaved, as at 36, and this plate is formed with a number of slots 37 through which project screws 38 .u on the outer face of the block 17. As the 1 s ots 37 extend vertically, the plate 35 ma be adjusted vertically upon the said bloc and when the plate is raised to about the Fig. 5, its concave 'semiposition shown in circular edge 36 will substantially re ister with, the bearing concavity '19 in the lock 17. When the plateis lowered, however, to aboutthe position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, its said edge 36' will projet below 7 the said bearing concavity and into the 'grooves 22'. -W1re"springs 39 are secured uponthe upper face of the block 17 and bear at theirouter or-free ends against the upper- The means above referred to edge of the plate .35, one at each end thereof, and these springs serve to normally hold the plate in a downward direction' whereb when the pitman is assembled with a cran pm, the bearing block 17 being lowered, it is only necessary toslide the pitman over the crank pin until the plate "35 seats in the groove '22, whereupon the operator may know that the proper adjustment has been secured. It is desirable that means be pro vided for auton'iatically lifting the plate 35 when the crank handle 28' is swung up',-and this means is embodied in a finger 40 having a cam under edge 41 which bears upon. the 'cam surface of shoulder 42 upon the block 17, the finger being pivoted, as at 43, to the upper end of the plate 35 between the same and the adjacent one of the lugs23. The extremity of the finger rides over the upper edge of the adjacent one of the cross bars 25 so that when the crank handle is swung up, the decreasing distance between the block 17 and the said cross bars 25 will cause the finger 40 to be depressed, thereby resulting in a lifting of the plate 35.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a pitman or like machine element, a pillow block. a cap block mounted for sliding adjustment in the pillow block, said pillow blockand cap block being constructed and arranged to atl'ord bea rings for a crank pin disposed between them, the cap block being provided. with lugs overlying its upper face, and an oscillatory flanged eccentric arranged above the cap block and having its flange confined between the said overhanging lugs and said upper face of the cap block.

2. In a pitman or like machine element, bearing blocks, one relatively fixed and'the other being adjustable with respect thereto,

eccentrics whereby the adjustable block may be moved into or out of 006 erative relation with respect to thefixed blbck, and means carried'by the cap block and having positive "engagement with the crank pin whereby to prevent 'displacement of the p'itman with respect to the pin.

3. In a pitman or hearing blocks, one relatively fixed and the other being adjustable with respect thereto, eccentrics whereby the adjustable block may '.be moved into or out. of cooperative relation,

with respect to the fixed block, and spring actuated means carried by the cap block and having positive engagement with the crank like machine element,

pin whereby to prevent displacement of the pitman with respect to the pin;

4. Ina pitman or like machine element, bearing blocks, one relatively fixed and the other being adjustable with respect thereto,

eccentrics whereby-the adjustable block may be moved into or out of 006 -erative relation with respect to the fixed b 001:, and spring actuated, cam released means carried by the cap block and having positive engagement pin.

tive relation with respect" to the fixed block, (:rEO RGE E, SMIlll-l.

thesa id bearings being designed to receive Witnesses: a crank pin formed wit-h a circnmscribing Cir-\s.M.Cnoxit1i1Ln, V groove, a plate slidable upon the adjustable UmLn Cmcemx.

placement of the pitinan with respect to the the plate. and a cam finger pivoted 'to the t plate and having locking engagement with 5. In a pitman or like machine element, a fixed portion of the pitn1an.- 15 a relatively fixed bearing, and an adjustable In testin'iony that I claim the foregoing as hearing block, eccentlie means whereby the my own, Ihave hereto utlixed in sigrmtnre adjustable block may be lowered to co6pera-- in the presence of two \vitneSHeS.

With the crank pin Whereb to prevent dis- I block, a spring tending to normally lower 

